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Top 25 Drug discovery companies based in Canada

RevenueBase identified 58 company matches for drug discovery companies associated with Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 2,850 professional contacts across them, including 1,973 with verified work emails. Montreal is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for drug discovery companies associated with Canada, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Sep 19, 2026 How this list was built
58Companies
2,850Contacts tracked
1,973Verified emails
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The 25 largest drug discovery companies based in Canada

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 58 company matches for drug discovery companies based in Canada, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 19, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchLaval, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,759 contacts →

Exact match

“Outsourcing made easy with a one-stop solution to early-phase drug development.”

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2Exact matchMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026201-500266 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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3Exact matchMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026501-1,000211 contacts →

Exact match

“At Sygnature Discovery, a global drug discovery CRO, we create exceptional scientific outcomes.”

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4Exact matchToronto, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202651-200105 contacts →

Exact match

“Deep Genomics collaborates across disciplines to solve hard molecular design and target biology problems historically requiring slow, empirical iteration.”

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5Exact matchMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202651-20058 contacts →

Exact match

“Dalriada is a small molecule drug discovery company supporting global innovators through its TURN-KEY™ model, where R&D is perfectly aligned with business and IP.”

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6Exact matchVancouver, BC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202651-20050 contacts →

Exact match

“BioHarvest Sciences Inc.(Nasdaq: BHST) is a public biotech company that has developed a patented Botanical Synthesis platform technology capable of growing the active and…”

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7Exact matchMississauga, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5048 contacts →

Exact match

“Natco Pharma (Canada) Inc.”

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8Exact matchLaval, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5030 contacts →

Exact match

“Liminal BioSciences, through its wholly owned subsidary, Caledon Bioscience Inc, is a data-driven development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing…”

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9Exact matchWinnipeg, MB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5028 contacts →

Exact match

“CanAm Bioresearch is a well-established North American based medicinal chemistry Contract Research Organization (CRO) with more than 20 years of experience in drug discovery.”

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10Exact matchLaval, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5026 contacts →

Exact match

“We are more than a CRO.”

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11Exact matchEdmonton, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5024 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 2017, 48Hour Discovery (48HD) has a powerful technology platform for peptide-based drug discovery.”

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12Exact matchSt John’s, NL, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

“90% of potential drugs fail, often because they lack the genetic evidence to prove they will work.”

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13Exact matchMississauga, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5019 contacts →

Exact match

“Canurta Therapeutics is a biotechnology company discovering and bioprocessing rare, multipotent polyphenols to find new ways to reverse the chronic disease crisis with botanical…”

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14Exact matchMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-1015 contacts →

Exact match

“We are a reliable, self-sustaining computational chemistry company.”

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15Exact matchToronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-1014 contacts →

Exact match

“Conscience is turning drug discovery into a team sport.”

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16Exact matchMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-1012 contacts →

Exact match

“Cyclenium Pharma is a growing pharmaceutical R&D company exploiting its next generation CMRT™ macrocyclic drug discovery technology to identify novel small molecule therapeutics…”

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17Exact matchBurnaby, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5010 contacts →

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“Alectos Therapeutics is a private pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and preclinical development of novel small-molecule therapeutics for neurological diseases.”

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18Exact matchVancouver, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-109 contacts →

Exact match

“Kapoose Creek Bio is a Canadian biotech company using AI technologies to uncover small molecule medicines from nature with unprecedented speed and scale.”

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19Exact matchToronto, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-108 contacts →

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“YYZ Pharmatech Inc.(“YYZ”) is a deep tech company advancing transformative medicines for patients by revealing first-in-class and novel cell-surface co-receptor drug targets that…”

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20Exact matchHamilton, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-107 contacts →

Exact match

“Stoked Bio leverages high-throughput biology and a diverse suite of state-of-the-art AI approaches to discover and design novel drugs to address urgent unmet clinical needs.”

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21Exact matchCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-106 contacts →

Exact match

“Marvel Biosciences is an agile, Calgary-based biotechnology company revolutionizing drug development by de-risking the (re)development of existing drugs to create novel…”

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22Exact matchMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026201-5006 contacts →

Exact match

“NuChem Sciences a CRO specialized in integrated services for drug discovery.”

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23Exact matchToronto, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-106 contacts →

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“Neural Therapeutics is a drug-discovery company focusing on plant based active substances with the goal of delivering beneficial over-the-counter dietary-supplements and…”

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24Exact matchEdmonton, AB, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-105 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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25Exact matchMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202651-2005 contacts →

Exact match

“IntelliSyn is formally X-Chem!”

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Drug discovery companies based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
69.2%Verified-email coverage
49.1Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
24.1%Largest-city concentration · Montreal
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
36
11-50
12
51-200
6
201-500
2
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 58 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with Canada whose business descriptions match “drug discovery companies” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 1,973 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “drug discovery companies”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many drug discovery companies are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 58 company matches for drug discovery companies associated with Canada as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Altasciences tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most drug discovery companies?

Montreal leads with 14 company records, followed by Toronto (8) and Edmonton (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 1,973 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 58 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.